The mystery of the disappearing Big Mango has been solved

A popular restaurant chain has revealed it was behind the disappearance of the ten-metre tall Big Mango sculpture.

The $90,000 (£48,513) installation was taken from the Bowen tourist information centre, in Queensland, Australia, last week.

The centre had claimed it had been stolen and even released CCTV images of people removing it.

The Mango was ‘stolen’ last week (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)

But doubts were raised when police confirmed the ‘theft’ had not been reported and the name of an advertising firm was found in one of the press releases.

It turned out Nando’s was behind the stunt, with the restaurant revealing the ruse in a video. The footage showed men taking the mango at night.

The fruit sculpture was allegedly found behind the centre by a caller on ABC radio, who went by the name ‘Bob’.

He said: ‘What they’ve done is put it on a truck and taken it up there and laid it on its side in the bush, and at the end that’s facing towards Bowen they’ve covered it up with tree branches and shade cloths so nobody can see it.’